Cyber Charters Continue to Struggle: A State-by-State Look at Reports of Trouble

By Arianna Prothero on December 14, 2017 9:14 PM

From California to Ohio to Nevada, cyber charter schools often struggle mightily to graduate students and they frequently clash with state regulators over their academic performance and financial management. Nevertheless, the niche sector of K-12 schooling continues to expand across states even in the face of such poor results.

As part of an Education Week investigation published a year ago, we plotted dozens of local media reports and state audits on an interactive map. Now, we’ve updated the map through 2017, which you can find here:

Within Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), students speak 85 languages, hail from 108 countries, and have diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Providing the resources that each and every student needs to excel—regardless of their circumstances, aptitude, or proficiency level—is a huge challenge.

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Districts are increasingly tasked with providing options for at-risk and underserved student populations to address persistent achievement gaps. Does your district have a plan to bring equity to increasingly diverse groups of students?

Hear from Dr. Lisa Williams, executive director of the Office of Equity and Cultural Proficiency at Baltimore County Public Schools, who will discuss their equity initiative and provide best practices for supporting students that other districts can apply to their own programs.

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